Being findable beats being nearby
A customer who cannot locate you does not go looking twice. They message whoever answers. Your listing carries your photos, your line of goods and a button that opens a chat on the number you already use, so the sale starts before the walk does.
- A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
- Photos of your goods, your shop or your work
- Your own page with its own web address
A page that holds still
The photo you posted to a status has gone by tomorrow, and the customer who liked it cannot get back to it. A listing stays where it is, keeps the pictures, and can be found again next month by somebody who half remembers your name.
- Your own page with its own web address
- A real page search engines can read, not a photo in a group
- Free to list, with nothing to pay later
Three school terms means three busy seasons
Uganda opens school in February, again in late May and again in September, so uniforms, shoes and boarding kit are bought three times a year rather than once. Owino sits at the front of every one of those waves, and the buying happens in the weeks before each term rather than during it. Add Black November on top, which now runs from the end of October into December, and there is rarely a quiet quarter to be invisible in.
You keep the whole sale
No listing fee, nothing to renew, and no commission on anything you sell. When a customer pays, they pay you, straight to your own mobile money, and no mobile money payment ever passes through us because we have no way to handle money at all.
- Free to list, with nothing to pay later
- No commission on anything you sell
- No account and no password, just one short form
Let buyers find you without walking the market
One short form. No account, no card, and every customer who messages you stays yours.
Questions
Is it genuinely free with nothing to pay later?
Yes. No listing fee, no monthly charge, no commission and no card. We have no way to take payment at all.
Do I need a website first?
No, and almost nobody in Owino has one. The listing is the thing buyers find.
How does a buyer upcountry reach me?
Through the message button on your listing, using the number you put on the form. It works from anywhere.
How soon does my page appear?
Not immediately. Every submission is checked before it goes live, which is why listing ahead of a term is worth doing.